Carrick Publishing presents EFD1: Starship Goodwords, the first in our series of cross-genre anthologies featuring a diverse selection of stories and poems. Edited by Donna and Alex Carrick, this collection includes: Mystery, Crime, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Literary, Paranormal, Science Fiction and Humor. There's something for every reader in this exceptional sampling of today's authors. Contributors by Genre: Foreword, Donna Carrick Crime Fiction, Catherine Astolfo, Family Recipe Crime Fiction, Donna Carrick, Corner Store Crime Fiction, Alexander Galant, Remember Me Crime Fiction, Joan, O'Callaghan, Stooping to Conquer Flash Fiction/Crime, M.H. Callway, Incompetence Kills Flash Fiction/Crime, Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Family Values Flash Fiction/Literary, Kathleen Bjoran, Giving Thanks Flash Fiction/Literary/Humor, Melodie Campbell, The Battle of Beavercoat Poetry, A.C. Cargill, Treasures in the Attic Poetry, Rosalind Croucher, Dance Poetry, Sheila Jeffries, Finding Calm Poetry, Michael C. Slater, Murmur Persuasive Article, Paulissa Kipp, Fostering Humanity Manifesto Literary Fiction, Melanie Robertson-King, Cole's Notes Literary Fiction, Tracy L. Ward, Running Parallel Paranormal/Fantasy, Susan M. Botich, The Minstrel's Spell Paranormal/Horror, Dayna Leigh Cheser, The Legend of Corkscrew Swamp Paranormal/Horror, Troy Lambert, The Mighty Pen Paranormal/Science Fiction/Humour, Ira Nayman, The Predator's Prerogative Humor/Fiction, Alex Carrick, My Wife and I Argue over our Travel Plans (Hey, I'm not Cheap but...) Humor/Anecdote, John Thompson, "Oh, Okay, and the Good Soldier Schweik"

Join Fa-ling on an incredible journey into the heart of mainland China as she sets out to discover the land of her birth. In order to determine her future, Fa-ling must first unlock the mysteries of her past. To this end, she travels with a Canadian adoption group to the exotic southern province of Guang-Xi Zhuang. Searching for her lost heritage, Fa-ling encounters murder, kidnapping, political intrigue and organ theft. Together with Detective Wang Yong-qi and his brilliant but uncouth partner Cheng Minsheng, Fa-ling must uncover a high-stakes kidnapping plot -before another child goes missing

Living in the shadow of greatness can be a difficult thing. Just ask Desdemona. When her father, the magnificent J. Caesar Fortune, is found murdered inside the offices of the Faculty of Art, there is no shortage of people who carried a grudge against him.

Foreign aid worker Ayla Harris is struggling to bring hope back into the ruins of post-tsunami Indonesia. But when she discovers that her disreputable brother-in-law is missing, she sets out to find him and soon realizes that her own life is in terrible danger.